Dream of

I am standing before a map, such you might see in a video game. This map depicts a land divided into six provinces or nations based on some combination of elements and allows for navigation. I touch a point in the northeastern corner of the world, and I am transported to the land of earth, a dusty, arid land similar to parts of the western United States and Mongolia. I am next transported to the land of fire, a volcanic realm where the world is being formed. It has two inhabitants: An enormous shrimp-like thing and what force of habit makes me call a turtle, though it looks nothing like a turtle.